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L'Anse aux Meadows

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L'Anse aux Meadows is a site in Newfoundland, Canada, where the remains of a Viking village have been found. It was found and excavated in the 1960s by the Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad and his archaeologist wife, Anne Stine.

The only authenticated Viking settlement in North America, it was the site of a multi-year archaeological dig that found dwellings, tools and implements that verified its time frame. The settlement, dating more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus, contains the earliest European structures in North America. Named a World Heritage site by UNESCO, it is believed to be the legendary “Vinland” settlement of explorer Leif Eriksson around 1000 AD.

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